1958 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament
1958 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament |
Teams |
32 |
Finals Site |
Evansville, Indiana |
Champions |
South Dakota (1st title) |
Runner-Up |
St. Michael's (1st title game) |
Semifinalists |
Evansville (1st Final Four) Wheaton (IL) (2nd Final Four) |
Winning Coach |
Duane Clodfelter (South Dakota (1st title)) |
Most Outstanding Player |
Ed Smallwood Evansville |
Attendance |
16,007 |
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments
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The 1958 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA College Division college basketball as a culmination of the 1957-58 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the University of South Dakota and Evansville's Ed Smallwood was the Most Outstanding Player.
Regional participants
Regionals
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Adelphi
| 90
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| Brandeis
| 72
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| | Adelphi
| 58
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| | St. Michael's
| 97
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| St. Michael's
| 72
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| RPI
| 56
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- Third Place - Brandeis 71, RPI 69
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Grambling
| 104
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| South Carolina State
| 79
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| | Grambling
| 88
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| | North Carolina A&T
| 73
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| North Carolina A&T
| 68
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| Philander Smith
| 64
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- Third Place - South Carolina State 80, Philander Smith 70
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Wagner
| 94
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| Philadelphia U
| 77
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| | Wagner
| 65
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| | American
| 72
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| American
| 77
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| Buffalo
| 60
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- Third Place - Buffalo 77, Philadelphia U 73
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Evansville*
| 70
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| Wabash
| 68
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| | Evansville
| 82
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| | Akron
| 70
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| Akron
| 76
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| Austin Peay
| 61
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- Third Place - Wabash 72, Austin Peay 69
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Wheaton (IL)
| 68
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| St. Norbert
| 66
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| | Wheaton
| 104
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| | Hope
| 93
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| Hope
| 101
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| Northern Illinois
| 95
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- Third Place - St. Norbert 76, Northern Illinois 70
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Fresno State
| 69
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| Cal State Chico
| 56
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| | Fresno State
| 49
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| | Chapman
| 52
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| Chapman
| 78
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| Linfield
| 57
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- Third Place - Cal State Chico 76, Linfield 62
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| SW Missouri State
| 74
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| Centenary (LA)
| 69
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| | SW Missouri State
| 73
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| | Regis
| 65
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| Regis (CO)
| 48
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| Arkansas State
| 47
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- Third Place - Arkansas State 83, Centenary 70
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| South Dakota
| 67
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| Wartburg
| 65
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| | South Dakota
| 102
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| | Knox
| 51
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| Knox
| 76
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| Gustavus Adolphus
| 65
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- Third Place - Wartburg 83, Gustavus Adolphus 73
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Final
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| St. Michael's
| 84
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| Grambling
| 76
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| | St Michael's
| 78
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| | Evansville
| 70
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| American
| 72
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| Evansville
| 82
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| | St. Michael's
| 53
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| | South Dakota
| 75
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| Wheaton
| 81
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| Chapman
| 64
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| | Wheaton
| 60
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| | South Dakota
| 64
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| SW Missouri State
| 58
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| South Dakota
| 63
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- Third Place - Evansville 95, Wheaton 93
*denotes each overtime played
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